Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to host the annual 2013 Nantucket Wet Paint Weekend this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 11–13. Wet Paint Weekend offers many opportunities for the island community to meet AAN artists, see them at their easels, and participate in an auction of their works. […]
Nantucket Events
Celebrating A New England Tradition – Cranberries
The Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s 11th Annual Cranberry Festival will have approximately 880 million guests of honor. On Saturday October 12, 2013 from 11 am to 4 pm, the little red honorees will be on full display as they are harvested in the traditional way out at Milestone Cranberry Bog. Festival […]
Broiled Warfare for Dinner
• by Sarah Teach • Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) cordially invites you to Dinner, the North American premiere of British playwright Moira Buffini’s dark comedy. Dinner kickstarted Buffini’s career when it found a place setting in the 2002 repertoire of London’s National Theatre. Like many playwrights who also direct, […]
Community Raffle
The Community Foundation for Nantucket is holding a Community Raffle to raise funds for the Foundation’s Community Grants Fund. This is the seventh year that CFN will be offering Community Grants. In the first six years, more than $200,000 was given to local nonprofits. This year, Marsha Kotalac, chair of […]
Maritime Festival – Celebrating Life on an Island
Appreciating the sea around us and all it gives to Nantucket is part of living on our island. This marks the third year in a row that the Egan Maritime Institute has invited all islanders to enjoy a full day of activities dedicated to celebrating the best parts of island […]
Save Our Scallops!
• by Sarah Teach • Those three little words can mean the world if you say them to the right person: Nantucket bay scallops. Islanders know that the tender mollusk muscles taste distinctively sweet and are only found in one place in the entire world: Nantucket. More specifically, Nantucket’s two […]
AAN Introduces Emerging Artists
This Friday, September 20, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) invites the public to an opening reception for the Emerging Artist Exhibition and Silent Auction starting at 6 pm in the new downtown AAN Gallery at 28B Easy Street. The show will continue for only three days: Friday–Sunday, September 20 […]
